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The Twin Cities Radical Social Work Study Group
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The Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA)
formerly called the Bertha Capen Reynolds Society; a loose national organization of radical and progressive social workers. Click here to visit the SWAA website.
To join or request more information, write to:
Social Welfare Action Alliance
Social Policy Action Network (SPAN) committee
A subcommittee of the Minnesota chapter of NASW, the purpose of SPAN is to maximize member contact with elected officials and to advance the chapter's social policy agenda.
For more info, go to the Minnesota NASW website http://www.naswmn.org/ and click on the link for "Social Policy", or call the chapter office at 651-293-1935.
A grassroots organization at the U of M, composed of students, faculty, staff, and other interested persons. They are committed to the active pursuit of social justice and social and political action. For more information go to their website: http://ssw.che.umn.edu/SW-Action!/default.htm
The Radical Philosophy Association
RPA members struggle against capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, disability discrimination, environmental ruin, and all other forms of domination. Their efforts are guided by the vision of a society founded on cooperation instead of competition, in which all areas of society are, as far as possible, governed by democratic decision-making. Members are from many nations and continue a variety of radical traditions including (but not limited to) feminism, phenomenology, Marxism, anarchism, post-structuralism, post-colonial theory and environmentalism. RPA's efforts center on conferences and publications. They consider the enterprise of radical philosophy inherently interdisciplinary and welcome persons not trained in philosophy.
For more information go to their website: http://www.radicalphilosophy.org/
The Barefoot Social Worker: a great website on Radical Social Work in Britain.
The Social Welfare Action Alliance's website: http://socialwelfareactionalliance.org/
the Education Center for Community Organizing (ECCO) at Hunter College
Abramovitz, M. (1988). Regulating the Lives of Women. Boston, MA: South End Press.
Alinsky, S.D. (1971). Rules for Radicals. New York, NY: Random House.
Bailey, R. & Brake, M. (1976). Radical Social Work. New York, NY: Pantheon.
Clark, F.W. and Arkava, M.L. & Associates (1979). The Pursuit of Competence in Social Work. San Francisco, CA: Joeesy-Bass Publishers.
Freire, P. (1973). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York, NY: Herder and Herder.
Gil, D. (1998). Confronting Injustice and Oppression: Concepts and Strategies for Social Workers. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
McKnight, J.(1995). The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Piven, F.F. & Cloward, R.A. (1994). Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare. New York, NY: Pantheon.
Reisch, M. & Andrews, J. (2001). The Road Not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in the United States. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner-Routledge.
Spect, H. & Courtney, M. (1994). Unfaithful Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned its Mission. New York, NY: The Free Press.
Teare, R.J. & Sheafor, B.W. (1995). Practice-Sensitive Social Work Education. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education.
Wagner, D. (1990). The Quest for a Radical Profession. Lanham, MA: University Press of America.
Zinn, H. (1980). A People's History of the United States. New York, NY: Harper and Row.
The Journal of Progressive Human Services - Available from:
The Haworth Press Inc.,
10 Alice Street
Binghamton, NY 13904
United States
1-800-429-6784 (US/Canada)
607-722-5857 (Outside US/Canada)
Jarman-Rohde, L., McFall, J., Kolar, P., & Strom, G. (1997). "The Changing Context of Social Work Practice: Implications and Recommendations for Social Work Educators." Journal of Social Work Education 33(1) pp.29-46. Council on Social Work Education.
Krueger, L.W. (1997). "The End of Social Work." Journal of Social Work Education33 (1) pp.19-27. Council on Social Work Education.
Levy, C.S. (1970?). "Social Work Education 1898-1955." NASW Continuing Education Series #12.
Longres, J.F. (1996). "Radical Social Work: Is There a Future?" In P.R. Raffoul and C.A. McNeill (Eds.) Future Issues for Social Work Practice (pp.229-239). Allyn and Bacon.
Mizrahi, T. (2000) Basic Principles for Organizing: Perspectives from Practice in Social Work Desk Reference, Oxford University Press, 2001
Reeser, L. (1996). "The Future of Professionalism and Activism in Social Work." In P.R. Raffoul and C. A. McNeill (Eds.) Future Issues for Social Work Practice (pp. 240-253). Allyn and Bacon.
Wagner, D. (1989). "Radical Movements in the Social Services: A Theoretical Framework," Social Service Review, pp. 264-284.
Wolk, J.L., Pray, J.E., Weismiller, T., & Dempsey, D. (1996). "Political Practice: Educating Social Work Students for Policymaking." Journal of Social Work Education 32(1) pp. 91-100. Council on Social Work Education.
This page last updated January 3, 2007